Kingstone Well

Kingstone Well is a spring in County Sligo, Connacht. Kingstone Well is situated nearby to the ruins St. Kevins Church, as well as near the lake Lough Gowra.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Caves of Kesh and Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery.

Caves of Kesh

Cave

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The Caves of Kesh, also known as the Keash Caves or the Caves of Keshcorran, are a series of limestone caves located near the village of Keash, County Sligo, Ireland. Caves of Kesh is situated 2½ km northwest of Kingstone Well.

Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery

Archaeological site

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Carrowkeel is a cluster of passage tombs in south County Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic era. The monuments are on the Bricklieve Hills, overlooking Lough Arrow, and are sometimes called the Bricklieve tombs. Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery is situated 3½ km northeast of Kingstone Well.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballinafad and Gorteen.

Ballinafad

Village

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Ballinafad is a village in the south of County Sligo in the west of Ireland. The village overlooks Lough Arrow, and is itself overlooked by the ruins of Ballinafad Castle. Ballinafad is situated 6 km east of Kingstone Well.

Gorteen

Village

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Gurteen or Gorteen is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Kilfree in the baronry of Coolavin. Gurteen's population increased from 269 people, at the 2006 census, to 421 at the 2022 census. Gorteen is situated 8 km southwest of Kingstone Well.

Ballymote

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Ballymote is a town in County Sligo in the northwest of Ireland. The town's population in 2022 was 1,700. It has a castle dating from 1300 but its main attractions are the prehistoric sites dotted around the surrounding countryside, the best known being Carrowkeel.

Kingstone Well

Type: Spring
Category: body of water
Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.04095° or 54° 2′ 27″ north

Longitude

-8.42637° or 8° 25′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C6H2HRF+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1878257556

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=spring

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Highlights include St. Kevins Church and Lough Gowra.

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